There are some challenges that we take on while on our journey that seem difficult to attain and they typically are challenges that are connected to stop doing something. We know intrinsically that if we are to improve our performance or to achieve a goal, we will need to modify our behavior, make some sacrifices, or just give up something. And when we do get to a point when we need to give something up there are some strategies that we can use that improve our odds of staying the course. One approach that works is to take the thinking out of our decision process by having the outcome pre-determined, that is, we decide that we are going to do something zero times. There is no influence that works when we decide on zero, if we have any other approach then we run the risk of falling into the “just one” which grows into more than one, all to often. But when we start with zero it always equals zero and we need not decide or think – we just “don’t do it”, and that is, for sure, true progress…..

Loving life when I stop at zero